melanie bilenker

jewelry

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BIOGRAPHY

 

Education

1996-2000

The University of the Arts
Philadelphia College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
BFA Crafts, concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
 

Experience

2002-present

Studio Assistant for Gabriella Kiss, Bangall, NY

2007

Visiting Artist, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Juror, SIE 61, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH

2006

Visiting Artist, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting Artist, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Adjunct Professor, Continuing Education: Introduction to Jewelry, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005

Lecturer, Emerging Talent 2005, SOFA , Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Research Assistant, to Bruce Metcalf, Philadelphia, PA

2004

Adjunct Professor, Introduction to Jewelry, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000-2002

Metalsmithing Shop Technician, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000

Instructor, Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
Visiting Artist, Millersville University, Millersville, PA

1999

Internship with Bruce Metcalf, Philadelphia, PA
Metalsmithing Shop Technician, Peters Valley Crafts Center, Layton, NJ
 

Solo Exhibitions

2008

Het Oude Raadhuis, Hoofddorp, Netherlands

2007

WomanGirl
Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA

2004

Minutes, Emerging Artist Exhibition
Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA
 

Group Exhibitions

2009

The Self & Beyond
Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009

Different Tempers: Jewelry & Blacksmithing
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Hendersonville, NC

2009

Collaborative piece at the request of Sophie Calle for the exhibition Calle Sophie
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BEL

2009

Collect: with Galerie Ra
Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2009

Next Iconoclasts
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR

2006-2009

Challenging the Chatelaine
Designmuseo, Helsinki, Finland
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia
Museum Jewel Elias Lalaouni, Athens, Greece
Design Museum, Belgium, Gent
Stedelijk Museum, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

2008-2009

The Thinking Body
University of Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA

2008

Now & Then
Kath Libbert Jewellery Gallery, Salt Mills, Saltaire, UK

2008

Either Side of the Skin
Penland Gallery, Penland, NC

2008

Framing: the Art of Jewelry
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon

2006

Hair
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2006

Life Insight: The Human Experience
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY

2006

Metalisms: Signature Works in Jewelry & Metalsmithing
Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO

2005-2006

100 Brooches
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
East Carolina University School of Art and Design, Greenville, NC
Bellagio Gallery, Ashville, NC

2004-2005

200 Rings
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Gallery M, Cleveland, OH
Sam Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME

2003

Evocative Objects
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

2002

Loot
American Craft Museum, New York, NY

2002

Metals Invitational
Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

2002

Featured Emerging Artist
Asher Gallery, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

2000

Attitude and Action: North American Figurative Jewelry
The Atrium Gallery, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham, England, The Jewellery Gallery at DESIGNyard, Dublin, Ireland